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Song in my head:

The child is grown, the dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.

Pink Floyd


Medical Marijuana Conviction Thrown Out

An interesting case involving a medical marijuana patient in Washington state who was convicted of manufacturing marijuana without a license. His conviction was reversed after he submitted the proper paer work the next day. via Seattlepi

The conviction of an aging motel owner who said he grew marijuana to treat his glaucoma has been reversed on medical grounds in what his lawyer said may be the first ruling of its kind in Washington state.

Loren Hanson, 64, of Pullman, meets the definition of a "qualifying patient" under the Medical Marijuana Act, adopted nine years ago as Initiative 692, a divided three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

Hanson's lawyer, Frank L. Cikutovich, said the reversal of Hanson's conviction for manufacturing pot may be the first successful "affirmative defense" of a medical marijuana case in Washington, one of 11 states that allow its use with a doctor's recommendation.

And speaking about marijuana.....

New findings on marijuana's damaging effect on the brain show the drug triggers temporary psychotic symptoms in some people, including hallucinations and paranoid delusions, doctors say. Yahoo News

News flash...pot causes paranoia and hallucinations. The whole article reeks of propaganda and mental health contributors are so variable that any direct correlation between a substance and mental illness can be easily confounded and presented negatively.